Melitta coffee filters: a coffee invention we love
Website design By BotEap.comInnovation is undoubtedly the vital element of business projects and the development of new businesses. Inventors can be defined as revolutionaries who drive the economy by design or by accident with new ideas that promote competition and create markets..
Website design By BotEap.comThe story of Melita Bentz (1873-1950) is a classic example of a 35-year-old housewife-turned-small-businesswoman who invented a revolution in coffee filters in her small German kitchen. Another fascinating thing about Melitta and her husband Hugo is that they recognized the importance of filing patents as early inventors to file their original and subsequent inventions. This was a very smart move that protected their innovations from competitors and provided them with a safety net for new business development. As the world becomes more globally interconnected, inventors around the world are learning to keep an eye out for competition, file patents earlier, and not lose valuable patent rights as a result of late filings.
Website design By BotEap.comThe Melitta Bentz Company began with a strong patent foundation for long-term, consistent business, commercial and industrial endeavors that benefit millions of people around the world. Another way to look at the story of Melitta Bentz and her coffee filter is to remember the old adage that goes “….necessity is the mother of invention and the father of entrepreneurship…” Nothing else better captures the story of Melitta Benz and her invention of the coffee filter. Visualize this: a normal housewife experimenting in her own kitchen with some way to filter her coffee so that her cup will taste better. A pretty straightforward and simple meta. No attempts to change the world. Just better beer!
Website design By BotEap.comMelitta’s Eureka moment didn’t come in a flash of inspiration, but rather the result of frustration with dirty filterless coffee pots or washing stained filters made from cloth materials that didn’t do a very good job of filtration.. Melitta came across the use of school blotting paper to filter liquids and remove coffee grounds. She cut the blotting paper into a circle and found that it fit the metal cup well for her purposes. Initially, her invention was simple: place a piece of paper over the perforated bottom of a brass pot to make a cleaner cup of coffee. The paper filter was disposable, which reduced the amount of work she had to do. No more dirty and stained cloth coffee filters, and a more hygienic system that was appealing from a health conscious standpoint. Over time, Melitta perfected the shape of his filter and registered a patent on June 20, 1908 for his two-part coffee filtration system consisting of a filter and filter paper.
Website design By BotEap.comSeveral months later, Melitta Bentz and her husband officially launched the Melitta Bentz Company. The company started on a tight budget. However, like most committed inventors, all members of the Bentz family were committed to doing their part to achieve success. The sons developed a neighborhood delivery route for the coffee filters. This helped drive word-of-mouth advertising, which led to more distribution and marketing opportunities for paper coffee filters. In 1925 filter packaging in the familiar red and green colors was introduced and the Melitta brand began to become a household word. The Melitta Bentz Company continued to advance technologically and filed additional patents for Filtertuten® (filter bags) to accommodate the new cone-shaped device bag in 1937.
Website design By BotEap.comThe original filter shape changed to the cone shape with the triangular folded paper filter design and tapering at the bottom that we know today.. The importance of this change is that the ideal shape for coffee filtering was finally achieved. The paper used for the filter was replaced with a more porous type of paper. The paper filter cone went from a ceramic and porcelain version to a plastic filter cone that was durable and inexpensive. In 1989, Melitta introduced Natural Brown filter paper.. The pulp is unbleached, preventing unwanted by-products from harming the environment.
Website design By BotEap.comFears about toxic bleaches applied in papermaking led The Melitta Bentz Company to switch to a dioxin-free oxygenated paper bleach in 1992. That’s when oxygen-bleached paper was born. In 1997, Melitta introduced a new generation of filter paper called Flavor Pores. These filters have micro-fine perforations that filter out unwanted particles and oils while enhancing flavor and aroma. In 2002, Melitta introduced a double link technology which adds strength and increases the filters durability by adding a second safety crimp. In 2007, the Size #2 and #4 Bamboo Filters hit the shelves. They are made with 60% bamboo, which is a naturally renewable resource. Also in 2007, Melitta launched new patented flavor-enhancing micro-perforations. The company operates under the name of the Melitta Group in Minden, Germany, which has almost 50 companies with more than 3,000 employees worldwide.
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